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...most often recommended). Infection doesn't usually occur until the tick has been attached to your body for 36 hours. So if you are going into the woods this summer, wear shoes, socks and light-colored clothing; spray your clothes and skin with an insect repellent that contains DEET; stay on cleared, well-traveled trails; avoid moist, shady areas covered with leaf litter or low-lying vegetation; don't sit on the ground or on stone walls; keep long hair under a cap or tied back; and do a full-body tick check...
...only products that have been proved to help people avoid mosquito bites are insect-repellent sprays or creams containing 35% DEET (10% for kids). But a new report from the University of Manitoba in Canada warns of dangers associated with using DEET and sunscreen at the same time. Applying them together may increase the skin's absorption of DEET, leading to side effects ranging from skin rashes to changes in blood pressure. For the safest use, apply either sunscreen or DEET first, then wait half an hour before applying the other. Folks who want to avoid DEET should look...
There is no effective treatment, but the prevention strategies used to avoid regular mosquito bites work pretty well: wearing insect repellent with 35% DEET (10% for kids), especially at dawn and dusk, when the insects are most active, and draining those pools of standing water, where the bugs like to breed. --With reporting by A. Chris Gajilan/New York
...Zinner:It's everything you've heard all year: Use DEET, wear long-sleeve shirts and long pants, clear standing water and avoid going outside at dusk. It's really important that people take mosquito protection seriously...
...while Louisianans are scrambling for cover, it's not just southerners who are scared. Americans everywhere are donning pants and long-sleeve shirts and buying up the most powerful mosquito repellents on the market. (Doctors and the CDC recommend using sprays containing DEET.) Towns and cities across the country are also waging war, showering pesticides and larvacides onto vulnerable areas and distributing informative pamphlets door-to-door. Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced the government was providing $10 million to study and fight the spread of West Nile virus, and scientists and researchers have descended on Louisiana...